On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Paul Schenkeveld <free...@psconsult.nl> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:48:03PM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: >> Hi fellow hackers, >> >> I'm designing an open-sourced replacement boot-loader for FreeBSD. I feel >> that the existing options in the boot-loader menu today can be whittled down >> significantly with a stateful menu system rather than a single-action item >> menu system. >> >> In designing the new menu, I'd like to get your opinions. From old: >> >> FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE: twitpic.com/4e485w >> >> to new: >> >> Replacement Boot-Loader: twitpic.com/4e46ol > > Very nice! > > Could you consider changing the number options to letters: v=verbose, > a=acpi, s=single ...
I agree. Vim-like actions make sense here. And also, I want command completion... > > Having many (hundreds) of machines to manage it's confusing to need 6 > for boot prompt on older versions and 5 on the newer where 6 on the > newer reboots. Moving from digits to letters with digits resulting in > either a beep or a pause saves a lot of frustration for sysadmins > already annoyed by the ever increasing POST delay rapidly pressing > <ENTER> <ENTER> 6 when the boot0 menu appears. > > Thanks for your work! > > Paul Schenkeveld > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
